Attitudes of Students and Teachers’ Opinions Towards Robotic Applications in Secondary Schools

The ongoing advancements in technology and their implications for robotics raise questions regarding high school students’ attitudes toward robotic applications. The formation of teachers’ opinions is identified as a research gap alongside these developments. This research aims to measure the attitudes of students in secondary schools towards robotic applications, in terms of various variables and to evaluate teachers’ opinions. This research was designed as mixed methods research. The sample of the research consisted of 469 students and 25 teachers. The quantitative data of the study were collected with the robotics activity attitudes scale-RAAS, which was adapted to the language of the researchers. Qualitative data was collected with the teacher interview form created by the researchers. Parametric tests, t-tests, and ANOVA were applied to the data set, and weighted average, frequency, and percentage calculations were made. The data obtained from the teacher interview form was transformed into findings using the descriptive analysis method. As a result of the research, it was determined that the students had a high degree of robotic attitude. It was determined that students’ robotic attitudes showed a significant difference in favor of male students according to the gender variable. There was no difference in students’ robotic attitudes depending on the classroom variable, and a majority of teachers have a positive attitude towards the use of robotic applications in education in Kazakh secondary schools. The attitudes and opinions of teachers and students towards robotic applications are positive.